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Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1857-08-25

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llfjjjf ILtf VOL III. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, AUG. 25, 1857. NO. 41. CITY DIRECTOR Yi DKY GOODS MERCHANTS. J. R perry k Co., Malo-st., 1 door north R. S. A Col. Bank. Cnrtii, S.ipp k Co., Main-st., 1 door touth Young k Ilyds I Jowolrvstoro, J. E. Woodbridgo, Morchant, Froduoo Doalor and Lummisslon Mereuaut, Main-it, Beam k MoaJ, No. 3, Buckingham's Emporium, S. W. oornor Main and Uumbior-sts. N. N. Hill, oornor Main and Gamblor-its. D. B. Curtis, No. 2, Kremlin Block. J. Mclntyreft Co., Norton Corner, opposite Warden Burr's. Wardon k Burr, Main-it., No. 130. J. W. MiUor, Main-it., bttwoen Vino and Oambior Ii. B. Ward, oornor Main and Vino, Ward's Bloek. James Ilutehlrison, Main-st., opp. Lybrand House. GltOCICHS. J. Weaver, Wholesale Grocer, No. 102, Main-it. 0. B. Potwin, Wholesale Orucor, Kremlin No. 1. Smith & Richards, Grnctry and Provision dealers, Miiin-st., Uanninz Ulock. W. T. Burnett, Qroeer and Notion dealer, Main-st. James Oeorgo, Wholeialo and Retail, oornor Main and Oambior. 8. A. Trott, Main-it., 1 door louth Russell's Drug Store. R. Thompson, Main-st., Masonic Hall Building. Joi. Watson, oornor Jones' Bloek, oast end . Jos. Sproule, Jones' Block, west end. BOOTS A tO SHOES. Miller White, No. 3, Miller Building, Main-st. T. P. Frederick, Main-it., 3 doors south Woodward Hull. Walter Smith, Main-st. next door to R., S. k Cos. E. S. S. Rouse k Son, Warner Miller's Block,Muin-it. IjatMcGiflSn, Buckinham'i Emporium, No. i. CLOTHING MEKCI1ATNS. A. Wolff, Woodward Block, Main-st. L. Munk, Sign of the LonoStar, Main-st. J. Epstein k Bro., Lvbraud Bloek, Main-st. Miller k Cooper, 1 door south Konyon House. TIN AND STOVES. Job Evans, south end Main-st. J. Ilun tsborry k Son, Mason io Hall Building, Main-st HARDWARE. A. Weaver, Maiu-it., fow doors S. Kenton House. C. C. Curtis, Main-st., ncztdoor toHydo k Young's. J. McCormack, No. 4 aud 6, Kremlin Block. SADDI.EltV. O. W. Ilauk, Main-st, Hauk's Building. W. M. MeOTord, northeast oornor Market House. A. Gilliam, Main-st., over Curtis' hardware storo. "MERCHANT TAILORS. R Clark, Main-st., Ward's Bloek. A. Pylo, eorner Main and Qqnibior-ats. HATTERS W. L.King, Main-st., King's Bloek. O. Siler, Main-st., bslow Oambior. DRUGGISTS. W. B. Russell, No. 1, Buckingham's Emp., Main-st. City Drug Store, Main-st., opp. Konyon House M. Abernethy, Main-st., 3 doors above Gambler. JEWELERS. W. B. Brown, Main, 1 door south Woodward Block. Byd. Young, Main-st., opposite Woodbridgo's. Wm. Oldroyd, Main-it., West side n IT EE NSW A RE. 0. B. A mold, Wood ward Bloek, Main-st. DENTISTRY. G. E. MoKown, Ward's Block, south-ocst oornor of Main and Vine. C. M. Kelsey, Gambier-st., 2 doors oast of Slain. BOOK STORE. M. White, Milor'i Block, Mnin-st. HEITIOVAL. C.C.CURTIS, HARDWARE MERCHANT, MAIN ST., A few door Sonth of Woodward Block, and nest door to Hyde's Silvorsmun onop, SIGN OF THE BROADAXE. HOUST VERSOS, OHIO. NAILS, GLASS, PUTTY, CHAIN PUMPS, TABLE and POCKET CUTTLERY, GUN BARRELS and TRIMMINGS, CARPENTERS TOOLS, HOUSE TRIMMINGS, ZINC, WHITE LEAD, and OIL, ADDLERY and COACH HARDWARE, (of all descriptions.) jfTho attention of purchasers is invited to my targ. and extensive stock, which I well sell on as favorable terms as can bo sold In the West. Thankful for tho many fnvora of the past lie hopos for a oontinuanes of the samo. nprilUGino. FIELD'S MOUNT VERNON, OHIO. Rooms in Haul's Building, Main Street. THE COURSE OP INSTRUCTION nAS BEEN decided the most thorough, extended and practical ono now taught in any similar Institution. It embraces, Bookeeping in all its various branches, as applied to Wholeialo, Retail, Shipping, Commission, Steamboating, Railroading, Jobbing, Manufacturing, Compound Company Busiuosi and Banking. Lectures delivered on Comraorcial Law, Commercial E thiol, Political Economy, 4o. TERMS : For full eonrso time unlimited Including lectures, $25 For full oourM In Ladies' Department, 1 Diploma, 2 f or full particulars send for oi rcular. CEHTEAL OHIO EEAL ESTaTE . ; ASSOCIATION, " ! ' COLUMBUS, OHIO. Distribniion,, 1st of October, 1S57. SECURITY GUARANTEED TO ALL. rnHE DISTRIBUTION WILL TAKE PLACE JL under theauspieos of aooinmiitoe to bo appointed by the Stookhoidors. The property will be distributed among tho holders of eeruScatoe qa the 1st of October 185?. Any one en become a member by the payment of only one dollar, which entitles them to one certificate of Stock. , . Tho property to bo distributed composes over ii),000 of the most valuable Real Estate in the City of Columbus and Franklin County, and $23,000 of Jewelry and Misoollaneoas artiolss. That all who wish to invest may feel perfectly secure that they will be fairly dealt with, we have in treated our agent to retain or deposit the money in the bands of any responsible man of their aomnuiity, an til the time of the distribution, thon to be forwarded by toeeomniittee from that County or district. Schedules of the property and oertifl-. Mte of membership can be had apon application to or a roots or by addressing the Secretary at Colum-bos, Obio. R. II. SNOWDEN, Bee'y. , . P. B. The Bills of Seneca County Bank will be received antil further notice. . .. D"17 ' ROAD KOTICB. NOTICK IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A PKTI-tion will be presented to the Commissioners of ' Koo County, Ohio, at their next regular Session, wWnr the vacation of a part of the u Archer Boad" (so Its of a oV The part sragtit to be vacated commences ' , onnfciwn mad, and runs thenr floruiward-?sonl0of IfKchee Bennett Beeh Sonth line. . rejillailysWy ., - j;, f, U08TWICH aud others. WITH TWO CHARACTERS.One cold evening in November, ten years ago, a man wrapped in a large clonk knocked nt the door or Mons. Dupin, one of the most able advocates or Pans. He entered, nnd drawing from under his cloak a large packago ol documents, luid them on tho table. " Monsieur," said ho, " I am rich, but a lawsuit, which is commenced against me, may ruin me utterly. At my age, a lost fortune is not to be ro-mado. I be loss of this suit. therefore, would condemn me to the most frightful misery. I coma to implore your aid Hero are the papers which explain my claims Tho advocate listened attentively, wliilo his unknown visitor thus briefly explained his business. Then, opening tho bundle of documents, he went through them with the searching rapidity of his professional eye. 1 hey were at last, laid upon tho table. " The action which is commenced against you for this property," said ho, "is based up on justice nnd right legal and moral. Tho property belongs to your opponent. But, unfortunately, in spite of tho admirablo elaboration of our code, law nnd justice do not always go together j and here the law is on your side. If, therefore, you rest your case entirely on the law, and uso without reserve all its technicalities nnd quibbles, and if tho legal points in your favor are all stnted clearly and ably to tho court, you will inevitably gain your cause." " No man living," said the stranger, " can do what you thus describe so ably as yourself. Might I venture to hope that you would reduce your legal opinion to writing, and thus render mo invulnerable ?" The advocate rtllected for a moment or two, and then taking up again tho documents, which, at the first rcqu.;st, ho had roughly pushed away, ho said ho would do as the stranger wished. On the morrow at the same hour, the legal opinion would bo ready. The client was punctual. The paper was presented to him accompanied with a do- mand, very abruptly made, for a fee of three thousana jrancs ! lie stood with mute astonishment. " You are at liberty to keep your money," said the lawyer, "and I am nt liberty to throw my written opinion into the fire." Advancing towards the chimney apparently for the purpose, ho was stopped by tho visitor." I will pay the sum," ho said, " But I must givo you my written acceptance for it." " The money in gold," said tho advocate, " or you shall not have a lino I" Tho client saw that it was inevitable, and, taking his leave for a moment, returned soon with coin. Ho paid it but, in revenge, after gaining his cause, ho told tho story in every corner or Pans. I he journals got hold of it. It was soon as universal as the mime nnd fame of tho great lawyer himself. Laments were made by tho editors ovor tho grasping advantage thus taken of a client in his extremity ,ann even friends expressed their regrets to him for this betrayal of avarice. But ho simply shrugged his shout 'ers, nnd as everything is soon forgotten in Paris, it finally passed out of tho remembrance of tho public. Ten venrs wont liv. nnd. n few dnvs since. at a celebration of which tho dignitaries of the courts of law formed a part, the proces sion was interrupted by a woman, who suddenly sprang from the crowd and frnnticnlly seized tho hands of Mons. Dupin, tho Pro-cureur General. " It is he ! It is he '. " sho exclaimed, as she burst into tears and covered his hands with kisses : " This is my benefactor, my friend, tho angel by whose timely kindness I was saved from ruin aud spared to educate my children." " Poor woman ! '' said M. Dupin, " she has lost her roason." But no ! she insisted on explaining to the bystanders th:it there was roason in her tears and gratitude. Sho stated it brokenly. Ten years ago, after tho death of her husband, a claim was put in by a relative for tho proper-crty upon which she had relied to support and educate her children. Sho resolved to defend her possession of that which sho knew to be her own, and had already sold half of her furniture to pay the commencement of her process when, one day, a stranger called upon her. He abruptly announced his business. Ho told her that the suit, for which sho was ruuning already into expenso, would be a losing one that the law was against her, though justice wero on her side that she had better abandon it and save what she still possessed. He then added, that, from having been cm-ployed on tho case, he had been able to rescue some portion of what was wrongfully taken Irom her, and that it was contained in the bag of gold, which he laid on tho table abruptly taking his leave, and giving her astonished senses no opportunity for thanks or inquiry oviiovn liv uifuuiiuuiw iui manna vi iiiumii j Tho three thousand francs with which she was thus enriched, enabled hor to re-establish herself with her children, and to commence a timely support of them. And, from that day, she had been trying in vain to discover who was hor benefactor. - iiut his features were engraven on her hear', and, thank the Lord, she recognized and was ab'.o to thank him now ! And so, nfter ten years of misapprcciation, Mons. Dupin's "grasping avarice" was explained to his legal brethren and to tho public, as quite another thing. Liko somo other individuals, he had two characters ono which the newspapers made him out to be, and an other character, and a very different ono that which ho was. A Common Sense View. ' Tho Providonco Journal has the following scnsiblo article in regard to matters in Kansas : "Taking the Democratic view of tho nature and importance of the disturbances at Lawronce, to what do they amount ? Simply to this that in that half organized tenitory where all authority, except the direct authority of the genoral government, is disputed, where a majority of the people hold that the legislature was imposed upon them by foreign votes and not by foreign votes alono, but by foreign violence ; where many of the laws are admitted to be in direct violation of the plainest provisions of the constitution of the United States, and the only defence offered for them is, that their enforcement has never been attempted, the people of Lawrence have gone through the form of omnizinc a irovernment for themselves, without asking the consent Of tne Legislature. Grant that all this is technically wrong, that the government tbu organized possesses no legal validity, no power beyond the voluntary consent of those who adopt it and submit to it, that any attempt to enforce iu ordinances would be an invasion of individnal right, and would subject the offender to tho penalties of the laws, the laws of the bogus legislature, if you please ; what then ? Is this one of those offences so dangerous and so IIVI IUVUB lllb vny inwu IWII n MU tiiuiu uut I it.., Mt.t.iMjMnK .&,k il... ....a A LAWVEll From the Philadelphia Sunday Mercury. ITIUS. DICKSON'S NEW l'ETI-COAT.A meek, quiet-looking person, calling himself John Dickson, was detected recently in tho very act of stealing a largo roll of red flannel from the door of a dry goods store in Eighth-street. Ho did not deny tho fact, but attempted to palliato his offense by tho following address to tho Mayor : "Sir, I confess I did take tho flannin, but when you hear why I took it, you will say that I am an unfortnniito man, and ought to be pitied. My wife says to mo yesterday morning : "John, I've got a two-dollar note, Bank of Ilarrisburg, (says sho, I made by washing ar.d ironing, and I want you to go and buy mo eight yards of flannin red flannin (says sho) to make mo two petticoats, for tho spring is backward (says she) and the weather keeps cool, nnd I haven't a rag that's fit to wear And mind you don't lose tho money, nor go near any grog shop, (says she), (or you know your weakness j and don't you get into conversation with any other loafers as you are going along on this errand.' "So I took the money the two-dollar nolo (I did) and set out, and went three squares around to keep clear of a groggery that's in the upper end of our street ; and that's the why I missed it ; for in tothor street I met Joe Hinson. Says Joe " ' Jack, where you're bound ? ' " Savs I, ' To get eight yards of quarter dollar flannin to mnke my wife two pctticoa's.' " Says he, ' Dock the old woman hulf a yard, and let's have a couple of glasses of toddy. It's only making the petticoats a little shortor, (says he,) and us sho's got a handsome pair of ankles, she won't mind having a scant pattern.' " Well, I thought half a yard of flannin wouldn't make much dill'crence, so in wo went to tho hotel, changed tho note, drank a glass apiece, and that put us in a notion of more, (it did,) and Joe drank, nnd I drank, and in less than an hour I'll be switched if I had twenty-five cents left out of tho two dollars. Well, what could I do then ? I ask any reasonable man what could Idol I couldn't go homo without tho nannm, and 1 couldn't buy it without tho money. So I hooked a bolt of it, (I did ;) that's a fact, and I'm not ushamed to acknowledge it, for nothing else could be done ; and if I hadn't been nabbed, my old women would have had six flannin petticoats instead ol tho two she sent me after ; and that's the wholo story." Dickson was commuted in default of bail to answer for larceny. J lids John Corwin' Sppcch The Commercial gives a sketch of tho speech made by Judce Corwin of Urbana. yesterday, before U. S. Commissioner New- halt on the Clark Uounty itcscue case, which it says " was an effort seldom excelled if ev er equalled in Ohio courts, for pertinency, aptness of illustration, logical force and consistency, legal erudition, bitter denunciation, withering sarcasm, biting mockery, and powerful eloquence. It was, in fact, a model lecal argument, finished with all the moving graces of oratory which convinced the understand ing nna aeugntcu tne imaginations ol a court crowded with eager listeners." Tho Commercial says : He took up tho testimony and reviewed it at length, dwelling upon certain vital points involving tho standing and conduct of the Deputy Marshals, and commenting upon their raid into Champaign county, now with tho most bitter mockery, and by turns with a sav age invcetivo that made the walls of the court house rising to the echo, and the unfortunate Marshals writhe under the terriblo torture to which they were subjected. He depicted ten stalwart Marshals some of them famous throughout the State for their pugilistic prowess, and other accomplishments, all armed to the teeth, making their way to tho unprotected dwolling of a farmer upon tho scent of a poor nigger flying from tho galling chain of servitude ; described their miserably abortive effort to obtain possession of his body, nnd railed at them with almost ferocious vehemence. He spoke of the moral force of on; human being onco in servitude, but having tasted tho sweets of liberty, and ai med as the Marshals wero, he said in tones that Inirly shook the temple of justice " Yes sir I Yes s'r ! Ho could whip ten such Marshals as were thon hunting him to slavery ! I " Tho effect of this sally was electrifying. There was a momentary pause and semi ces sation of pulsation in the hearts of men. The Marshals all pale, fairly quivered w:h excess of passion, when suddenly Deputy Marshal John C. Elliott b u st forth, " You are a liar 1 " Judge Corwin's face flushed a moment : but regaining his composure instantly, and gath ering irrcsistuble lorco, ho turned upon the in , ... . ... ... - ! ?u,t0' wi h a bitter sneer as if in utter coa tempt, and with redoubled forco reiterated : " SIKS Ua DID WHir SIX 1 all armed to tho very teeth I ! " The Court raoantimo looked on with the utmost composure, and nover lifted a voice in dofenso of its dignity. Ho pitched into the Cincinnati Enquirer for the couri-o which it has pursued in this case, which ho denounced as " libelous to the people of Ohio, and its editor mentioned as a miserable importation in tho most contemptuous nnd execrating stylo and terms." Judge Corwin sustained fully tbo Democratic lie-publican doctrino of State rights, and denounced the abject federalism of tho so called Democratic party. Judge Corwin has always been a leader of tho Locofoco party, but I10 has placed himself outside of the wall by thus speaking in behalf of liberty. 0. S. Journal, The C 11 11 ii hi it Iui in llogus Unity. The New York Daily News ot tho 13th inst. says : . Mr. Greenwood yesterday succeed od in obtaining that blessed baby and its mother, Mrs. Anderson, who tako up their quarters for the present in Barnuni's Museum, where all tho curious can see the little stranger in all its baby fame and innocenco, just as it camo from Bond-street, linen and flannel, frocks, embroideries and all, showing the rare taste with which the beir to the Burdell estate was first clothed. It is a member of the happiest of " Happy Families " in the whole vast curiosity-shop where it has now taken up its abode. The mother we, we believe, has finally concluded to abandon the name she hid first selected for it, and to christen it " Jus'itia," according to the suggestion of Governor Daly. (T A certain judge observing much tittering in Court one day, and fancying that he was the object, whispered to Curran who stood near the bench : " Curran, do yon see anything ridiculous in this wig?" ' "Nothing but the head, my lord." wis the witty barrister's reply. - That writer does the most who rives bis readers the most knnwlede. and take ! it...- 11 1 .11 ! iiviu iuvub iiiu nine. From the Ohio Stato Journal. A IiiunKOriie Uinunki!l Henry It. I'ayne Di'noiiiif-.iim' lite I'nifi- live Slave Law, unci leiiiiinliii(r mm . . . . . si an: ifcui--i ne iticui'd, Henry B. Payne, the " Douglas Nebraska Drcd Scott" pro-Slavery candidate for Governor in Ohio, was a member of tho Ohio Sen-ato from the county of Cuyahoga in the year 1851. 1 his was alter the passage of the famous, or, rather infamous Fugitive Slave Act by Congress. There was a strong feeling, especially in the Northern portion of the Stnto, against it, and that feeling found expression by way of resolutions in the Legislature. After the utter prostration of Mr. Payno to tho lichests of the slavo power, and the strong pro-Slavery sentiments he uttered at the State Convention of the party which nominated him on the 6th inst., it may surprise some people who do not know tho character of the man, to learn that in 1851 Mr. Pavne nroton- ded to sympathise with his constituents in their disgust and detestation of the domineer ing and tyrannical cause of the slave breeders and slave drivers of the South. As their Senator he both acted and voted against the Fugitive Slave Law. We have before U3 the official journal of the Senate of the State of Ohio for tho year 1850 -'51, and we propose to lay before our readers anu tne people ot tho State the votes or this man then, that they may contrast them and his course with his present position. It is true that his is no more than the change which has coins over tho most of tho leadinj; politicians of that party since the crack of the Southern whip has been rung in their ears. demanding of thorn the sacrifice of every senti ment in luvor ot liberty, and an oath ot fealty to tho party of Slavery propaeandism. It is but one of the thousand instances within the last six years of treason to freedom and free labor by the demagogues who insult our com mon sense by calling themselves Democrats. ISut it is worthy a curelul perusal and is prcpr- nant with suggestions. Let us appeal to the record. On Thursday, March 13th, 1851, the House ot Representatives sent to the Senate the following joint resolution : Resolved, By the Generally Assembly of the State of Ohio, that our Senators in Con- I gross be instructed, and our Representatives requested to use all honorable means to ob tain an immediate repeal, modification or amendment of the act of Congress usually styled the Fugitive Slavo law, approved Sept 10, 1850. Resolved, That tho Governor of tho Stato of Ohio be requested to forward to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress a copy of tho above resolution, (Senate Journal 150-1, page 7G2. Mr. Horton moved to lay these resolutions on the tabic. Upon which motion the yeas and navs were taken, and Mr. Payne toted no. Tho motion was lost. (Page 7U8 ) Mr. Linton moved to refer them to the Committee on Federal Relations. Mr. Puyue voted no. Mr. Geiger moved to strike out the word "repeal" from tho resolution. Mr. Payne voted no (Pago 703 ) Mr. Linton moved to strike out the words "be instructed," and insert the word "be" before the word " requested " in the resolution. Mr. Payne voted no. (Page 704.) Mr. Bums moved that the further consideration of said resolutions .'ind pending amendments, be indelhiitely postponed. Payne voted No.. Page 766. These resolutions were finally laid upon the table, and were not again taken up during the session. Iiut the Senate took other and further action on this subject. On Saturday, March 22d, Mr. Linton, from the standing committee on Federal Relations, reported tho following resolution: "Resolved, hj the General Assembly oj the State nf Ohio, Thut while the General Asscm-bly would uigo tho faithful observance of law upon all tho people of this State, and of hor sister States of tho union as tho most effectual modo of promoting their best interests, as well as a high duty thoy owo alike to them selves and their common country, it would most earnestly recommend to Congress the necessity of so amending and modifying the provisions of tho fugitive slavo law," that wliilo it secures a faithlulcomplianco with all the obligations imposed by tho Constitution of tbe United btates, it will, as becomes a free government, guard with jealous caro, tho rights of freemen. (Page 90'J.) Alter various attempts at amendment, the abovo resolution was passed by a voto of 19 to 10 and among tho list or names in tho af-flrmativo is that of Mr. Pay no. (Pago 015.) During the pendency of this resolution, Mr Walker moved an amendment as follows: "And if the said law, in the opinion of Con gress, cannot bo so amended as to givo it to persons claimed as lugitives from labor the benefit of every legal defenco of their liberty, wo then recommend tho repeal of said law." Mr. Geiger moved to amend said amendment, as lollows: " Provided, that Coneress shall belie vo that such repeal will not tend to the dissolution of the Union." Three Senators. Messrs Gjigor, Hatch and Howard, voted for this Union-saving clause, but all tho rest, including Mr. Payne, vied against it. (Pago 1)11.) Ho would not dare to run such a tremendous risk at this tunc Mr. Pardee moved to add another resolu tion ns follows: "Resolve I, That the law commonly called the fugitivo law, boing a law that makes ex- parte evidence conclusive of the master's right to re-capture and return his slave; that denies a jury trial, here or elsnnhere ; that provides for the appointment of swanns of petty ofllcers to execute it ; that gives a double compensation to find every claim set up in favor of tho master ; and pays tho expense in any case, from tho publio treasury, can nover receive the voluntary cooperation of our people, and ought, therefore, to bo repealed." (Pago 1)12.) Here is a most inflammatory, incendiary, treasonable, disunion, abolition, black republican affair I Let us, for a moment, imagine such a document introduced into the Democratic State Convention on the Gtb inst, for adoption. What would have been tho response ? And yet, on the passage of this resolution the vote stood, yeas 22, nays 8, and among the names recorded for iu pas;ag$ stands that of Mr. Payne I (Page 916.) Such is the record of a demagogue I Such were his sentiments and votes in 1851. Was he honest then ? Is he honest now ? What has wrought this wondrous change in him? w uy does be now indorse, embrace and glori fy this very serf-same Fugitive Slave Act wnicn in laol be denounced and repudiated? It Is sickening and discustini to witness the degradation and disgraea ol our prominent publio men, as we see it exhibited in thin instance. Do they for a moment imagine, that they are not understood by the intelligent ; people of Ohio? Do they supposo tho bise party appliances which have been brought to bear upon them by Douglas, and thepro-Slavery South, are so concealod under the pro-tenco of Democracy, that their treason to freedom and free labor is not apparent to the world? We trust every Republican paper in Ohio will copy this exposition of a demagogue. Let it be held up to tho gaze of every voter in the State. Let it be charged upon him on every stump. Let him defend himself from the damning effect of this record, if he cant An Adventure. The Shelbyville (Ind.) Banner gives an ad venture of Miss Loudon, of that county, which snows tnat the coolness ol tho old pioneer wo men iiave not entirely disappeared among their degenerate descendants. She had started on a visit to her sister's, in tho eastern part of tho county, and took a short cut thro' the woods. Coming to a swamp she tried to go around it and get back into her road again blio lollowed it lor somo miles, but at last found that she was "lost." The Banner goes on thus : " It was now getting dark, and she was in the midst of one of the moat gloomy solitudes to be found in all this region. Sho hallooed several times, hoping to attract tho notice of somo one that might be in hearing. It soon became so dark as to render further progress impracticable, and from tho swampy nature of the country exceedingly dangerous. With the coolness or a philosopher she made up her mind what to do. Dismounting, she prepar ed to encamp for the night. She made her horse secure to a tree, and ' took off the saddle. She fortunately had a blanket which she spreid under a large tree, upon the ground and wrapped in a capacious riding skirt with her saddle for a pillow, she took up her lonely camp quarters for tho night. The thought of snakes kept her awake several long weary hours, when at length sho fell asleep. Awa"- kemng some time during tho night, sho got up and looked lor her horse, and having satisfied herself that he was ctill tied to tho tree. she lay down again and snoozed it soundly till morning. She heard the train on tho railroad and made for tho direction of the sound, and by breakfast time she was safely at her destination."Price of lire fin Now York. Tho New York Tribune of tho 13th re. marks : The prico of beef cattle has now reached a point that must either have the effect to pro-duce a greater supply or the inhabitants of cities must lessen tho consumption of meat. We have chronicled during tho last six months many most extraordinary sales of bullocks in our regular reports of the cattle market, nnd noted days when all the cattle iu market sold at prices such as the oldest butchers in tho city never had before dreamed of, and certainly no one supposed would be equaled again. In this all were mistaken. Two thousand head of bullocks sold yesterday at Bull's Head at higher prices for the moat, taking into account the quality and the fact that hides and fat are one and a half cent a pound lower than last spring, than beef was ever sold for in August in the city of Now Yoik, if not in fact higher than beef of the same quality was ever sold in America at any season of tho year. Whole drovc3 of Ohio steers, right from tho grass, in just fair con dilion to commence feeding to make stall-fed beef, sold at prices equivalent to twelve and a half cents a pound for beef, while hundreds of tho best cattlo offered, none of which were extraordinary, sold at thirteen and fourteen cents a pound for tho beef. What are we coining to ? From tho Xcw York Correspondence of the Philadelphia Ledger. Curious Ciossip. Somo envious gossip about tho widow of "(ho late" Robert Scitylcr, the famous railroad financier, is current, in letters from Saratoga. Mrs. Rcuyler, (formerly Mrs. Spicer.) it seems is erecting a magnificent castellated coltngo about half a niilo from the I.nko House, cost ing, I can't say how many thousand dollars. Tho question is where did tbe money come from. Again. A very mysterious looking build ing has been orccted noar by tho castellated cottage, with which it is said to have a sub terranean communication. It is a littlo stono building with windows high up. The work men shake their heads, and give out that pco-plo who bcliovo that Robert Scuyler is de?d arc very credulous nnd very green, and more than intimate that tho mysterious out-house in question, though nominally a chapel, has been built for his especial accommodation. How He Lost Ills Hair. A Norfolk paper tells tho following story : Uri Osgood and Jonathan Aiken wero on opposito sides of politics last full, in Grundy county, and tho fight between thorn thoy were running for Congress grew warm and desperate Ono day when they mot on the stump, Uri, whoso head was bald, and should therefore havo been coolor, in tho midst of his indignation turned upon Jonathan and said : " I think, sir, yon havo but ono idea in your ncau, and tnat is a very small one ; ir it should swell it would burst it." Whcro.it Jonathan grew red in tho faco, and looking for a moment at tho bare and venerable head ofhis opponent, asked if ho should say what ho thought of him ? 'Say on," said Uri. "Well, I think you havn't one in your head and nover had ; there's boon ono scratching around on tho oulsido trying to get in, till it has scratched all tho hair off, but it's never got in and never will." Uri was silont Itommiilc iUiuiluiic and ii End. ' Young ladies of a romantic turn of mind may derivo wholcsomo oxperienco of tho mis-cry which awaits ill-assortud marriages from a caso now before the Paris tribunals, in which a Madnmo Chagro seeks to bo divorcod from hor husband, Monsiour Chnbro, ofi'a Lightning. Tho lady, it appears, is the daughter of a noblo Belgian family, and was some yoars ago possessed of beauty, youth, and 7,200 sterling. It happened that, wliilo visiting the famous circus of M. Dijeiu, at Brussels, sho fell dosperalely in love with tho clown of his establishment, surname! Lightning, probably from tho marvelous mannor in which he biased away. She followod the intorostina- ob ject of ber passion to Paris, where she end Lightning were united in the holy bonds of matrimony, cut tbe ungrateful clown, alter spending the property brought to him by his romantic wife, deserted tbe latter, and flash, ed away with a young lady connected with Franconi's, whose talents in jumping through paper hoops captivated his practical mind. (T A novel suit is about to be instituted against an eminent physician up town. He prescribed the use of ale and beer for a patient who is now going to sue him formal(t)trcat-mcnL Evi- deuce. The French murdercuso at Toledo is somewhat interesting on account of the circumstantial evidence which has tended to fasten guilt on Bordcnu. It appears that Bordoau hud a " hoeing boo," at which his French neighbors were present. After the hoeing was over, all assembled in tho house at night and had a frolic. During the evening Hordeau's house-keeper (mistress) romped with Jubell, and every time she threw him down took the penalty of a kiss. Boideau did not like this; but Jubell gave him an insulting retort, and the woman said it was nono of liordeau's business. To prevent trouble, Jubell wan coaxed home, but before he left BorJc.au said he should never kiss another woman. After Jubell had returned to his house, as he was sitting with his wife and a friend about midnight, he was shot through the window by some person without, and the assassin made his escape in tho darkness. Tho next morning broad shoc-tracki wore found beneath tho window through which the fatal charge bad been fired. These shoe prints had been traced down the hill into low ground, thence along a creek, and through a heavy mold of a cornfield, to within a short distance of Bordeau's house. Bordeau's shoes fitted these tracks in every particular. In Bordeau's house was found a double-barreled gun : one barrel was empty, and had evidently been re cently discharged ; the other barrel was loaded, the wadding consisting of a common kind of yellow wrapping-paper. In Bordeau's shBt-pouch was more of the same kind of pa per, aud the point of this story about tho wadding is, that on opening tho shirt of tho deceased to examine his wounds, tho physician wno had been called discovered several small pieces of paper wadding corresponding to that in the ahut-pouch and the loaded gun barrel abovo mentioned. Bordcau was bound over for trial. (loy. Chuie of Ohio. Wo have already announced in our nancr the ro-nominalion of this gentleman as a candidate for Governor of tlu noble State of Ohio. Tho nomination is reported to have been made by acclamation, with shouts of rejoicing and pealing of cannon. Salmon P. Chase is truly a great man a statesman, and a man of cor rect, we believe spotless, moral character. Ho has confessedly niado a fearless, honest, and able executive, done the State service nnd himself credit and honor as chief magistrate. Such are tho men who should be chosen to high positions. Those whose lives arc stained by private immoralities, by drunkcnno.w and debauchery, cannot bo trusted with public alKiirs ; those incompetent never should be ; mere groveling, mousing politicians are also untrustworthy. by do wo (of all parties'i so foolishly nnd frequently placo weak, frail, bad men, neither mentally nor morally self-guarded, in positions where temptations are ten-lold greater than in private lire I lulu wo would not think of hiring a dishonest, drnnken, debauched, or incompetent clerk, we lightly nnd carelessly muko such men our legislators, congressmen and governors. It is a testimony of the intelligence of tho people of Uhio that such men as Uovei nor Uusj, although charged with tho ciimo of hating slavory most intensely, are nominated with acclamations and rejoicings. When such men govern, tho people may dwell in peace. Pittsburgh Diepakh. OiT The Albany Atlas ohJ Argus of tho 11th inst, says : Professor Marion went un in his balloon from Troy on Saturday last. He was accom panied by a Mrs. Palmer, nnd the ascension was mado front a point somo two hundred feet from tho North Baptist Church. The balloon came in contact with the spire of the church, with a blow similar to that of a vessel surging at a high rato of speed against a dock 1 ho concussion was terriblo. Tho Profesa.r. who had anticipated tho shock, braced him self in tho car, and anxiouMy awaited the re suit. After swr.;, ins to nnd fro an instant. the Li'iioon caught, apparently, in a bolt connecting the rod with the spiro nnd tore, with a sound which wa distinctly hoard from tho earth. The rent was between ten and twclvo feet in length, leaving a monstrous aperture, through which tho gis rushed liko tho wind. Notwithstanding this accident, the hlght of a thousand feet was reached before tho balloon "gnvo out." Tho descent was somewhat per ilo'is, but "dry land" was reached at last on ' the dock hot ween I.illie's foundery and the j Olympus Mills, within twenty feet of tho n a-' ter. ! The American Imotsvs iu England The following meagor particulars of the great race lor tho Uuouwood Uup our corrcs- pondent nt Halifax gathers irom the Liverpool I papers. Nono of tho accounts at hand givo i tne tune 01 any 01 the horses. Tho i'ronch horso "Monarq'uo" won the race. The Knc;- lish horso "iiiselicr" is placed second, and "Fisherman" third. "Ounlioat" slipped and fell, and " Kestrel " and " Gemma di Vergy " also fell heavily. "Monarque" won by a head, and "Riseber" boat "Fisherman'' by about three lengths. "Anton" was placed fourth, and was three lengths behind "Fisherman." Tho American horses, "Pryor" and "Pryor-oss," wero placed fifth aiid sixth, and "the English horso "Melissa" seventh. All the others pulled up. The finish is said to have been tho most ceiling ever witnessed. The ! Kni'listl I flnOVrt rmiliirlf Ittlt U-ittinnt nccirrnin any renson, that thu American horses woulr! have figured more prominently had thoy been ridden by English jockeys. New York Ex-presi.03 James King, a convict in Sing S ng prison, escaped from that institution by a novel expedient, on S.ilurday afternoon. - It is supposed that he fastened two empty casks together and moored them near tho shore of tho river llavin previously stolen a pair of: pants and a white shirt from a bars unload ing stono at the prison, ho launched his float, induced a companion to cover him with a barrow load of shavings, and then floated down the tide. People saw an object of that sort on tho wator, but did not suspect tho sly rogue under the shavings, and he passed on beyond the reach of the koepers and guards. He was missed from the cooper's shop at three o'clock, but search was unavailing, lio bad been sent from Poughkcpsio for burglary, and bad sorved out two-thirds or more of his sentence. The Great Eastern. ' The sgeots of this vesse) are now negotiating for threo voyagos across the Atlantio. In. stead of one. This will enablo return tickets to be issued in America ; and if the ship pays, we may yet see her permanently on tbe Portland station. Upwards; of six thousand tick-ots have already been issued. Says the Stat of Maine : "It is oqr deliberate judgment that mo ureal jastem win cootiuua to run to America instead of Australia, aod be tnorely a pioneer ship of the European and North American four days' line of ocean steamon." ! Siueuliir Citae of CircumxtitDtial Thai Blessed Ho bus Ilurdell Baby at Barnnm'a. . The baby that Mrs. Cunningham clasped to) her bosom tho other day, and called "deaf Harvey's," and in behalf of which she appealed to tho office's not to tako away her own sweet legal born offspring, is oh exhibition at Damum's Museum ; but evon New Yorkers seem to have sickened of tho miserable fares, aud tho appearance of the baby and iU poor feeble, nervous mother, has not excited a furore. Hero is tho advertisement of ths thing: Babkcm's AMttntCAS Mosedm. "Tho bogus Burdell baby " is now to be seen at this Museum, having just arrived from Bollevue Hospital, and with its real mother, Mrs. An dcrson, been placed at this establishment to gratify, for a few days only, tho public curiosity. This is the genuine borrowed baby which was the valuable instrument, through District Attorney A. Oakoy Hall, Esq., and Dr. Uhl, of exposing the stupendous Bond street fraud, and which was pronounced by Mrs. Cunningham to havo tho " exact nose and chin" of tho late Dr. Bordjll. The em broidorcd baby's dress provided by Mrs. Cull ningham is also at tho Museum, together with a correct photographic likeness, by Meade Brothers, ol Mrs. Cunningham, alias Mrs. Burdell. The whole may be seen on the first floor of the Museum every day and evening, at all the usual hours of exhibition. No extra charge for admission to the Museum, notwithstanding this additional attraction, Tho New York JJerald says : Mrs. Anderson is a woman about 35 years of age, but looks older, and ha ovidently experienced much suffering and sorrow. She had all the nervousness nnd agitation consequent upon a first appearance " in publio on the stage," but went through her trying rol quite as successfully as most debutantes. Sh still looked weak and sickly from her recent cunlinement, and if sho manages to lire thro' tho excitement, the questioning and exposure to which she is subjected, it will prove her to be a woman of remarkable constitution. It would be a trying ordifal for a perfectly healthy woman to sit from 10 A. M. to 10' P. M., and be inspected and questioned continually by every ignorant and curious visitor j bat it seems positively cruel to subject this poor woman to this treatment. Sho has no relatives to counsel her, and it seems like taking advan-tagd of her poverty and inexperience. Divorce in Piusslu. In the course of tho debates on the law f divorce, during this session, tho following suits of tho working of the existing law were cited from out of tho recent experience of Prussia as evidence of its demoralizing effects: due instance was alluded to of a gentleman, making up a rubber of whist at a watering place, consisting of himself, his actual wife and tho two wives he had previously been divorced from. A farmer, getting tired of hia wife, nn exemplary, modest woman bribes one ofhis farm-servants to seduce his wife into adultery a crime attended with no punishment to the unmarried party. The crime having been consumnmlcd, ho petitions for a divorce on that ground and obtains it. He then marries another woman, who, sometime after, detecting him in illioit intercourse with . one of his female servants, procures her own divorce from hint ; on which ho proceeds tet marry, for the third time, tho person with whom he had on this occasion committed adultery. A man of property whp had fallen ia : lovo with tho wife of his physician, who wa poor, prevailed on tho latter, by the offer of twenty thousand thalers, to "get divorced from his w f;, soih it as soon rs this doddle e flee tod, he might many tho wife so divorced . wnicti ne did. I wo married couples who had no children, and no prospect of having any.' came to tho conclusion that the unfruitfulneM.' of their connubial life might possibly be rem-' edied if they were otherwise mated. They accordingly all got divorced, and ouch maa married the other's wile. ASOTHER ASD TlIK I.AST ReVOI.CTTOSABT Sot.WEit op GniiENnniKit Go.nk Archibald Campbell, ngod ono hundred and one years, an active participant in the Revolutionary War, died in this county on Monday, July 20, 1807. We believe t'lat we hnvo now in Greenbrier no witness of those eventful times that tried men's souls to relate the many hardships of that memorable pcrioil. With Archibald Campbell the list of the noblo Romans of '76, residents of Greenbrier Cni.nfy, have parsed away. Nono now are left to tell tho tale of our early strugglo for liberty. Let us kindly cncrisu inoir memory. iswMurg (Mroinio) , 1 UHryMlcw. I lr-7- tirasshoppem are said to exist in sreet .""-' viFinuy 01 i.civiaere, aew . j Jewy. Whole fields are mado ns desolate of j herbage as if they hid nnde rgono a recent plowing. Young clover, particularly, seotn ,rt ,J0 a favorite lood, and when hard pressed they devour mullcn and alders, stripping theut A L.nr,B Hav-hkld. Mr. Gulhrfc.of Clif. Cago, Illinois, has one Held of eight hundred and fifty acres of hay, inclosed with good pint board and cedar post fence. Ho is cutting from other fields at least ono thousand nerve I""!''"! ta& expects to cut and pros this year five thousand tuns of ha v. (Kr"Doyou think yon aro fit to diet" asked a mother of her neglected child.' ", "I dou't know," said tho littlo girl takinj ' hold of her dirty dress with hor dirty linger ' and inspecting it "I guess so, if I ain't to dirty !" ; ' 0iT"Pa, has dogs got wings?"' liilil ! Don't you know hotter than thai ? "Why, pa, a boy says in this paper that ft big dog ktw at him and hit Litn. So I guce dogs havo got wings too." OSrAn Irish lady who saw with astonishment for the first time in her li e, a iw day Since a stcambott. exclaimed, "Holy St Pat- , rck save us ; tbo crayther swims Just liko sv llh!" OCT A far -sooing tootof allur being askod tl moaninj ol tbe word syutax, wittily replied: " Sin-tax wU now, lot me seegut thai is tbe tax oq has to pay for tho sin ot'gptting-drunk." ... , -. ,...-.! OCT Mike Vlli V Domocrstio Scmtor from New Ycrlt. says thak corner muru ' art tbe nurseries of Democratic sentiment." ' mm ougbt to know, - ,--.. (KrAeirou rider in Mobile blely tSrw . montyooesumroersetsinsuwwrsioi. Wh. i a cap tol " Demrrat ke'd niako ! try He tbat blows the eoals in nnamla V. has nothinjr to do -with, has no rk? ht 1.. plain if tht sparks fly in his fcee. .: j ? t I ' J h ' i ; J 5 . 7 ir i'i'-' i 6 v ' m I IVw- i: II..'. I!' 1 Ifi' hi - ;i 1 7TYO

llfjjjf ILtf VOL III. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, AUG. 25, 1857. NO. 41. CITY DIRECTOR Yi DKY GOODS MERCHANTS. J. R perry k Co., Malo-st., 1 door north R. S. A Col. Bank. Cnrtii, S.ipp k Co., Main-st., 1 door touth Young k Ilyds I Jowolrvstoro, J. E. Woodbridgo, Morchant, Froduoo Doalor and Lummisslon Mereuaut, Main-it, Beam k MoaJ, No. 3, Buckingham's Emporium, S. W. oornor Main and Uumbior-sts. N. N. Hill, oornor Main and Gamblor-its. D. B. Curtis, No. 2, Kremlin Block. J. Mclntyreft Co., Norton Corner, opposite Warden Burr's. Wardon k Burr, Main-it., No. 130. J. W. MiUor, Main-it., bttwoen Vino and Oambior Ii. B. Ward, oornor Main and Vino, Ward's Bloek. James Ilutehlrison, Main-st., opp. Lybrand House. GltOCICHS. J. Weaver, Wholesale Grocer, No. 102, Main-it. 0. B. Potwin, Wholesale Orucor, Kremlin No. 1. Smith & Richards, Grnctry and Provision dealers, Miiin-st., Uanninz Ulock. W. T. Burnett, Qroeer and Notion dealer, Main-st. James Oeorgo, Wholeialo and Retail, oornor Main and Oambior. 8. A. Trott, Main-it., 1 door louth Russell's Drug Store. R. Thompson, Main-st., Masonic Hall Building. Joi. Watson, oornor Jones' Bloek, oast end . Jos. Sproule, Jones' Block, west end. BOOTS A tO SHOES. Miller White, No. 3, Miller Building, Main-st. T. P. Frederick, Main-it., 3 doors south Woodward Hull. Walter Smith, Main-st. next door to R., S. k Cos. E. S. S. Rouse k Son, Warner Miller's Block,Muin-it. IjatMcGiflSn, Buckinham'i Emporium, No. i. CLOTHING MEKCI1ATNS. A. Wolff, Woodward Block, Main-st. L. Munk, Sign of the LonoStar, Main-st. J. Epstein k Bro., Lvbraud Bloek, Main-st. Miller k Cooper, 1 door south Konyon House. TIN AND STOVES. Job Evans, south end Main-st. J. Ilun tsborry k Son, Mason io Hall Building, Main-st HARDWARE. A. Weaver, Maiu-it., fow doors S. Kenton House. C. C. Curtis, Main-st., ncztdoor toHydo k Young's. J. McCormack, No. 4 aud 6, Kremlin Block. SADDI.EltV. O. W. Ilauk, Main-st, Hauk's Building. W. M. MeOTord, northeast oornor Market House. A. Gilliam, Main-st., over Curtis' hardware storo. "MERCHANT TAILORS. R Clark, Main-st., Ward's Bloek. A. Pylo, eorner Main and Qqnibior-ats. HATTERS W. L.King, Main-st., King's Bloek. O. Siler, Main-st., bslow Oambior. DRUGGISTS. W. B. Russell, No. 1, Buckingham's Emp., Main-st. City Drug Store, Main-st., opp. Konyon House M. Abernethy, Main-st., 3 doors above Gambler. JEWELERS. W. B. Brown, Main, 1 door south Woodward Block. Byd. Young, Main-st., opposite Woodbridgo's. Wm. Oldroyd, Main-it., West side n IT EE NSW A RE. 0. B. A mold, Wood ward Bloek, Main-st. DENTISTRY. G. E. MoKown, Ward's Block, south-ocst oornor of Main and Vine. C. M. Kelsey, Gambier-st., 2 doors oast of Slain. BOOK STORE. M. White, Milor'i Block, Mnin-st. HEITIOVAL. C.C.CURTIS, HARDWARE MERCHANT, MAIN ST., A few door Sonth of Woodward Block, and nest door to Hyde's Silvorsmun onop, SIGN OF THE BROADAXE. HOUST VERSOS, OHIO. NAILS, GLASS, PUTTY, CHAIN PUMPS, TABLE and POCKET CUTTLERY, GUN BARRELS and TRIMMINGS, CARPENTERS TOOLS, HOUSE TRIMMINGS, ZINC, WHITE LEAD, and OIL, ADDLERY and COACH HARDWARE, (of all descriptions.) jfTho attention of purchasers is invited to my targ. and extensive stock, which I well sell on as favorable terms as can bo sold In the West. Thankful for tho many fnvora of the past lie hopos for a oontinuanes of the samo. nprilUGino. FIELD'S MOUNT VERNON, OHIO. Rooms in Haul's Building, Main Street. THE COURSE OP INSTRUCTION nAS BEEN decided the most thorough, extended and practical ono now taught in any similar Institution. It embraces, Bookeeping in all its various branches, as applied to Wholeialo, Retail, Shipping, Commission, Steamboating, Railroading, Jobbing, Manufacturing, Compound Company Busiuosi and Banking. Lectures delivered on Comraorcial Law, Commercial E thiol, Political Economy, 4o. TERMS : For full eonrso time unlimited Including lectures, $25 For full oourM In Ladies' Department, 1 Diploma, 2 f or full particulars send for oi rcular. CEHTEAL OHIO EEAL ESTaTE . ; ASSOCIATION, " ! ' COLUMBUS, OHIO. Distribniion,, 1st of October, 1S57. SECURITY GUARANTEED TO ALL. rnHE DISTRIBUTION WILL TAKE PLACE JL under theauspieos of aooinmiitoe to bo appointed by the Stookhoidors. The property will be distributed among tho holders of eeruScatoe qa the 1st of October 185?. Any one en become a member by the payment of only one dollar, which entitles them to one certificate of Stock. , . Tho property to bo distributed composes over ii),000 of the most valuable Real Estate in the City of Columbus and Franklin County, and $23,000 of Jewelry and Misoollaneoas artiolss. That all who wish to invest may feel perfectly secure that they will be fairly dealt with, we have in treated our agent to retain or deposit the money in the bands of any responsible man of their aomnuiity, an til the time of the distribution, thon to be forwarded by toeeomniittee from that County or district. Schedules of the property and oertifl-. Mte of membership can be had apon application to or a roots or by addressing the Secretary at Colum-bos, Obio. R. II. SNOWDEN, Bee'y. , . P. B. The Bills of Seneca County Bank will be received antil further notice. . .. D"17 ' ROAD KOTICB. NOTICK IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A PKTI-tion will be presented to the Commissioners of ' Koo County, Ohio, at their next regular Session, wWnr the vacation of a part of the u Archer Boad" (so Its of a oV The part sragtit to be vacated commences ' , onnfciwn mad, and runs thenr floruiward-?sonl0of IfKchee Bennett Beeh Sonth line. . rejillailysWy ., - j;, f, U08TWICH aud others. WITH TWO CHARACTERS.One cold evening in November, ten years ago, a man wrapped in a large clonk knocked nt the door or Mons. Dupin, one of the most able advocates or Pans. He entered, nnd drawing from under his cloak a large packago ol documents, luid them on tho table. " Monsieur," said ho, " I am rich, but a lawsuit, which is commenced against me, may ruin me utterly. At my age, a lost fortune is not to be ro-mado. I be loss of this suit. therefore, would condemn me to the most frightful misery. I coma to implore your aid Hero are the papers which explain my claims Tho advocate listened attentively, wliilo his unknown visitor thus briefly explained his business. Then, opening tho bundle of documents, he went through them with the searching rapidity of his professional eye. 1 hey were at last, laid upon tho table. " The action which is commenced against you for this property," said ho, "is based up on justice nnd right legal and moral. Tho property belongs to your opponent. But, unfortunately, in spite of tho admirablo elaboration of our code, law nnd justice do not always go together j and here the law is on your side. If, therefore, you rest your case entirely on the law, and uso without reserve all its technicalities nnd quibbles, and if tho legal points in your favor are all stnted clearly and ably to tho court, you will inevitably gain your cause." " No man living," said the stranger, " can do what you thus describe so ably as yourself. Might I venture to hope that you would reduce your legal opinion to writing, and thus render mo invulnerable ?" The advocate rtllected for a moment or two, and then taking up again tho documents, which, at the first rcqu.;st, ho had roughly pushed away, ho said ho would do as the stranger wished. On the morrow at the same hour, the legal opinion would bo ready. The client was punctual. The paper was presented to him accompanied with a do- mand, very abruptly made, for a fee of three thousana jrancs ! lie stood with mute astonishment. " You are at liberty to keep your money," said the lawyer, "and I am nt liberty to throw my written opinion into the fire." Advancing towards the chimney apparently for the purpose, ho was stopped by tho visitor." I will pay the sum," ho said, " But I must givo you my written acceptance for it." " The money in gold," said tho advocate, " or you shall not have a lino I" Tho client saw that it was inevitable, and, taking his leave for a moment, returned soon with coin. Ho paid it but, in revenge, after gaining his cause, ho told tho story in every corner or Pans. I he journals got hold of it. It was soon as universal as the mime nnd fame of tho great lawyer himself. Laments were made by tho editors ovor tho grasping advantage thus taken of a client in his extremity ,ann even friends expressed their regrets to him for this betrayal of avarice. But ho simply shrugged his shout 'ers, nnd as everything is soon forgotten in Paris, it finally passed out of tho remembrance of tho public. Ten venrs wont liv. nnd. n few dnvs since. at a celebration of which tho dignitaries of the courts of law formed a part, the proces sion was interrupted by a woman, who suddenly sprang from the crowd and frnnticnlly seized tho hands of Mons. Dupin, tho Pro-cureur General. " It is he ! It is he '. " sho exclaimed, as she burst into tears and covered his hands with kisses : " This is my benefactor, my friend, tho angel by whose timely kindness I was saved from ruin aud spared to educate my children." " Poor woman ! '' said M. Dupin, " she has lost her roason." But no ! she insisted on explaining to the bystanders th:it there was roason in her tears and gratitude. Sho stated it brokenly. Ten years ago, after tho death of her husband, a claim was put in by a relative for tho proper-crty upon which she had relied to support and educate her children. Sho resolved to defend her possession of that which sho knew to be her own, and had already sold half of her furniture to pay the commencement of her process when, one day, a stranger called upon her. He abruptly announced his business. Ho told her that the suit, for which sho was ruuning already into expenso, would be a losing one that the law was against her, though justice wero on her side that she had better abandon it and save what she still possessed. He then added, that, from having been cm-ployed on tho case, he had been able to rescue some portion of what was wrongfully taken Irom her, and that it was contained in the bag of gold, which he laid on tho table abruptly taking his leave, and giving her astonished senses no opportunity for thanks or inquiry oviiovn liv uifuuiiuuiw iui manna vi iiiumii j Tho three thousand francs with which she was thus enriched, enabled hor to re-establish herself with her children, and to commence a timely support of them. And, from that day, she had been trying in vain to discover who was hor benefactor. - iiut his features were engraven on her hear', and, thank the Lord, she recognized and was ab'.o to thank him now ! And so, nfter ten years of misapprcciation, Mons. Dupin's "grasping avarice" was explained to his legal brethren and to tho public, as quite another thing. Liko somo other individuals, he had two characters ono which the newspapers made him out to be, and an other character, and a very different ono that which ho was. A Common Sense View. ' Tho Providonco Journal has the following scnsiblo article in regard to matters in Kansas : "Taking the Democratic view of tho nature and importance of the disturbances at Lawronce, to what do they amount ? Simply to this that in that half organized tenitory where all authority, except the direct authority of the genoral government, is disputed, where a majority of the people hold that the legislature was imposed upon them by foreign votes and not by foreign votes alono, but by foreign violence ; where many of the laws are admitted to be in direct violation of the plainest provisions of the constitution of the United States, and the only defence offered for them is, that their enforcement has never been attempted, the people of Lawrence have gone through the form of omnizinc a irovernment for themselves, without asking the consent Of tne Legislature. Grant that all this is technically wrong, that the government tbu organized possesses no legal validity, no power beyond the voluntary consent of those who adopt it and submit to it, that any attempt to enforce iu ordinances would be an invasion of individnal right, and would subject the offender to tho penalties of the laws, the laws of the bogus legislature, if you please ; what then ? Is this one of those offences so dangerous and so IIVI IUVUB lllb vny inwu IWII n MU tiiuiu uut I it.., Mt.t.iMjMnK .&,k il... ....a A LAWVEll From the Philadelphia Sunday Mercury. ITIUS. DICKSON'S NEW l'ETI-COAT.A meek, quiet-looking person, calling himself John Dickson, was detected recently in tho very act of stealing a largo roll of red flannel from the door of a dry goods store in Eighth-street. Ho did not deny tho fact, but attempted to palliato his offense by tho following address to tho Mayor : "Sir, I confess I did take tho flannin, but when you hear why I took it, you will say that I am an unfortnniito man, and ought to be pitied. My wife says to mo yesterday morning : "John, I've got a two-dollar note, Bank of Ilarrisburg, (says sho, I made by washing ar.d ironing, and I want you to go and buy mo eight yards of flannin red flannin (says sho) to make mo two petticoats, for tho spring is backward (says she) and the weather keeps cool, nnd I haven't a rag that's fit to wear And mind you don't lose tho money, nor go near any grog shop, (says she), (or you know your weakness j and don't you get into conversation with any other loafers as you are going along on this errand.' "So I took the money the two-dollar nolo (I did) and set out, and went three squares around to keep clear of a groggery that's in the upper end of our street ; and that's the why I missed it ; for in tothor street I met Joe Hinson. Says Joe " ' Jack, where you're bound ? ' " Savs I, ' To get eight yards of quarter dollar flannin to mnke my wife two pctticoa's.' " Says he, ' Dock the old woman hulf a yard, and let's have a couple of glasses of toddy. It's only making the petticoats a little shortor, (says he,) and us sho's got a handsome pair of ankles, she won't mind having a scant pattern.' " Well, I thought half a yard of flannin wouldn't make much dill'crence, so in wo went to tho hotel, changed tho note, drank a glass apiece, and that put us in a notion of more, (it did,) and Joe drank, nnd I drank, and in less than an hour I'll be switched if I had twenty-five cents left out of tho two dollars. Well, what could I do then ? I ask any reasonable man what could Idol I couldn't go homo without tho nannm, and 1 couldn't buy it without tho money. So I hooked a bolt of it, (I did ;) that's a fact, and I'm not ushamed to acknowledge it, for nothing else could be done ; and if I hadn't been nabbed, my old women would have had six flannin petticoats instead ol tho two she sent me after ; and that's the wholo story." Dickson was commuted in default of bail to answer for larceny. J lids John Corwin' Sppcch The Commercial gives a sketch of tho speech made by Judce Corwin of Urbana. yesterday, before U. S. Commissioner New- halt on the Clark Uounty itcscue case, which it says " was an effort seldom excelled if ev er equalled in Ohio courts, for pertinency, aptness of illustration, logical force and consistency, legal erudition, bitter denunciation, withering sarcasm, biting mockery, and powerful eloquence. It was, in fact, a model lecal argument, finished with all the moving graces of oratory which convinced the understand ing nna aeugntcu tne imaginations ol a court crowded with eager listeners." Tho Commercial says : He took up tho testimony and reviewed it at length, dwelling upon certain vital points involving tho standing and conduct of the Deputy Marshals, and commenting upon their raid into Champaign county, now with tho most bitter mockery, and by turns with a sav age invcetivo that made the walls of the court house rising to the echo, and the unfortunate Marshals writhe under the terriblo torture to which they were subjected. He depicted ten stalwart Marshals some of them famous throughout the State for their pugilistic prowess, and other accomplishments, all armed to the teeth, making their way to tho unprotected dwolling of a farmer upon tho scent of a poor nigger flying from tho galling chain of servitude ; described their miserably abortive effort to obtain possession of his body, nnd railed at them with almost ferocious vehemence. He spoke of the moral force of on; human being onco in servitude, but having tasted tho sweets of liberty, and ai med as the Marshals wero, he said in tones that Inirly shook the temple of justice " Yes sir I Yes s'r ! Ho could whip ten such Marshals as were thon hunting him to slavery ! I " Tho effect of this sally was electrifying. There was a momentary pause and semi ces sation of pulsation in the hearts of men. The Marshals all pale, fairly quivered w:h excess of passion, when suddenly Deputy Marshal John C. Elliott b u st forth, " You are a liar 1 " Judge Corwin's face flushed a moment : but regaining his composure instantly, and gath ering irrcsistuble lorco, ho turned upon the in , ... . ... ... - ! ?u,t0' wi h a bitter sneer as if in utter coa tempt, and with redoubled forco reiterated : " SIKS Ua DID WHir SIX 1 all armed to tho very teeth I ! " The Court raoantimo looked on with the utmost composure, and nover lifted a voice in dofenso of its dignity. Ho pitched into the Cincinnati Enquirer for the couri-o which it has pursued in this case, which ho denounced as " libelous to the people of Ohio, and its editor mentioned as a miserable importation in tho most contemptuous nnd execrating stylo and terms." Judge Corwin sustained fully tbo Democratic lie-publican doctrino of State rights, and denounced the abject federalism of tho so called Democratic party. Judge Corwin has always been a leader of tho Locofoco party, but I10 has placed himself outside of the wall by thus speaking in behalf of liberty. 0. S. Journal, The C 11 11 ii hi it Iui in llogus Unity. The New York Daily News ot tho 13th inst. says : . Mr. Greenwood yesterday succeed od in obtaining that blessed baby and its mother, Mrs. Anderson, who tako up their quarters for the present in Barnuni's Museum, where all tho curious can see the little stranger in all its baby fame and innocenco, just as it camo from Bond-street, linen and flannel, frocks, embroideries and all, showing the rare taste with which the beir to the Burdell estate was first clothed. It is a member of the happiest of " Happy Families " in the whole vast curiosity-shop where it has now taken up its abode. The mother we, we believe, has finally concluded to abandon the name she hid first selected for it, and to christen it " Jus'itia," according to the suggestion of Governor Daly. (T A certain judge observing much tittering in Court one day, and fancying that he was the object, whispered to Curran who stood near the bench : " Curran, do yon see anything ridiculous in this wig?" ' "Nothing but the head, my lord." wis the witty barrister's reply. - That writer does the most who rives bis readers the most knnwlede. and take ! it...- 11 1 .11 ! iiviu iuvub iiiu nine. From the Ohio Stato Journal. A IiiunKOriie Uinunki!l Henry It. I'ayne Di'noiiiif-.iim' lite I'nifi- live Slave Law, unci leiiiiinliii(r mm . . . . . si an: ifcui--i ne iticui'd, Henry B. Payne, the " Douglas Nebraska Drcd Scott" pro-Slavery candidate for Governor in Ohio, was a member of tho Ohio Sen-ato from the county of Cuyahoga in the year 1851. 1 his was alter the passage of the famous, or, rather infamous Fugitive Slave Act by Congress. There was a strong feeling, especially in the Northern portion of the Stnto, against it, and that feeling found expression by way of resolutions in the Legislature. After the utter prostration of Mr. Payno to tho lichests of the slavo power, and the strong pro-Slavery sentiments he uttered at the State Convention of the party which nominated him on the 6th inst., it may surprise some people who do not know tho character of the man, to learn that in 1851 Mr. Pavne nroton- ded to sympathise with his constituents in their disgust and detestation of the domineer ing and tyrannical cause of the slave breeders and slave drivers of the South. As their Senator he both acted and voted against the Fugitive Slave Law. We have before U3 the official journal of the Senate of the State of Ohio for tho year 1850 -'51, and we propose to lay before our readers anu tne people ot tho State the votes or this man then, that they may contrast them and his course with his present position. It is true that his is no more than the change which has coins over tho most of tho leadinj; politicians of that party since the crack of the Southern whip has been rung in their ears. demanding of thorn the sacrifice of every senti ment in luvor ot liberty, and an oath ot fealty to tho party of Slavery propaeandism. It is but one of the thousand instances within the last six years of treason to freedom and free labor by the demagogues who insult our com mon sense by calling themselves Democrats. ISut it is worthy a curelul perusal and is prcpr- nant with suggestions. Let us appeal to the record. On Thursday, March 13th, 1851, the House ot Representatives sent to the Senate the following joint resolution : Resolved, By the Generally Assembly of the State of Ohio, that our Senators in Con- I gross be instructed, and our Representatives requested to use all honorable means to ob tain an immediate repeal, modification or amendment of the act of Congress usually styled the Fugitive Slavo law, approved Sept 10, 1850. Resolved, That tho Governor of tho Stato of Ohio be requested to forward to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress a copy of tho above resolution, (Senate Journal 150-1, page 7G2. Mr. Horton moved to lay these resolutions on the tabic. Upon which motion the yeas and navs were taken, and Mr. Payne toted no. Tho motion was lost. (Page 7U8 ) Mr. Linton moved to refer them to the Committee on Federal Relations. Mr. Puyue voted no. Mr. Geiger moved to strike out the word "repeal" from tho resolution. Mr. Payne voted no (Pago 703 ) Mr. Linton moved to strike out the words "be instructed," and insert the word "be" before the word " requested " in the resolution. Mr. Payne voted no. (Page 704.) Mr. Bums moved that the further consideration of said resolutions .'ind pending amendments, be indelhiitely postponed. Payne voted No.. Page 766. These resolutions were finally laid upon the table, and were not again taken up during the session. Iiut the Senate took other and further action on this subject. On Saturday, March 22d, Mr. Linton, from the standing committee on Federal Relations, reported tho following resolution: "Resolved, hj the General Assembly oj the State nf Ohio, Thut while the General Asscm-bly would uigo tho faithful observance of law upon all tho people of this State, and of hor sister States of tho union as tho most effectual modo of promoting their best interests, as well as a high duty thoy owo alike to them selves and their common country, it would most earnestly recommend to Congress the necessity of so amending and modifying the provisions of tho fugitive slavo law," that wliilo it secures a faithlulcomplianco with all the obligations imposed by tho Constitution of tbe United btates, it will, as becomes a free government, guard with jealous caro, tho rights of freemen. (Page 90'J.) Alter various attempts at amendment, the abovo resolution was passed by a voto of 19 to 10 and among tho list or names in tho af-flrmativo is that of Mr. Pay no. (Pago 015.) During the pendency of this resolution, Mr Walker moved an amendment as follows: "And if the said law, in the opinion of Con gress, cannot bo so amended as to givo it to persons claimed as lugitives from labor the benefit of every legal defenco of their liberty, wo then recommend tho repeal of said law." Mr. Geiger moved to amend said amendment, as lollows: " Provided, that Coneress shall belie vo that such repeal will not tend to the dissolution of the Union." Three Senators. Messrs Gjigor, Hatch and Howard, voted for this Union-saving clause, but all tho rest, including Mr. Payne, vied against it. (Pago 1)11.) Ho would not dare to run such a tremendous risk at this tunc Mr. Pardee moved to add another resolu tion ns follows: "Resolve I, That the law commonly called the fugitivo law, boing a law that makes ex- parte evidence conclusive of the master's right to re-capture and return his slave; that denies a jury trial, here or elsnnhere ; that provides for the appointment of swanns of petty ofllcers to execute it ; that gives a double compensation to find every claim set up in favor of tho master ; and pays tho expense in any case, from tho publio treasury, can nover receive the voluntary cooperation of our people, and ought, therefore, to bo repealed." (Pago 1)12.) Here is a most inflammatory, incendiary, treasonable, disunion, abolition, black republican affair I Let us, for a moment, imagine such a document introduced into the Democratic State Convention on the Gtb inst, for adoption. What would have been tho response ? And yet, on the passage of this resolution the vote stood, yeas 22, nays 8, and among the names recorded for iu pas;ag$ stands that of Mr. Payne I (Page 916.) Such is the record of a demagogue I Such were his sentiments and votes in 1851. Was he honest then ? Is he honest now ? What has wrought this wondrous change in him? w uy does be now indorse, embrace and glori fy this very serf-same Fugitive Slave Act wnicn in laol be denounced and repudiated? It Is sickening and discustini to witness the degradation and disgraea ol our prominent publio men, as we see it exhibited in thin instance. Do they for a moment imagine, that they are not understood by the intelligent ; people of Ohio? Do they supposo tho bise party appliances which have been brought to bear upon them by Douglas, and thepro-Slavery South, are so concealod under the pro-tenco of Democracy, that their treason to freedom and free labor is not apparent to the world? We trust every Republican paper in Ohio will copy this exposition of a demagogue. Let it be held up to tho gaze of every voter in the State. Let it be charged upon him on every stump. Let him defend himself from the damning effect of this record, if he cant An Adventure. The Shelbyville (Ind.) Banner gives an ad venture of Miss Loudon, of that county, which snows tnat the coolness ol tho old pioneer wo men iiave not entirely disappeared among their degenerate descendants. She had started on a visit to her sister's, in tho eastern part of tho county, and took a short cut thro' the woods. Coming to a swamp she tried to go around it and get back into her road again blio lollowed it lor somo miles, but at last found that she was "lost." The Banner goes on thus : " It was now getting dark, and she was in the midst of one of the moat gloomy solitudes to be found in all this region. Sho hallooed several times, hoping to attract tho notice of somo one that might be in hearing. It soon became so dark as to render further progress impracticable, and from tho swampy nature of the country exceedingly dangerous. With the coolness or a philosopher she made up her mind what to do. Dismounting, she prepar ed to encamp for the night. She made her horse secure to a tree, and ' took off the saddle. She fortunately had a blanket which she spreid under a large tree, upon the ground and wrapped in a capacious riding skirt with her saddle for a pillow, she took up her lonely camp quarters for tho night. The thought of snakes kept her awake several long weary hours, when at length sho fell asleep. Awa"- kemng some time during tho night, sho got up and looked lor her horse, and having satisfied herself that he was ctill tied to tho tree. she lay down again and snoozed it soundly till morning. She heard the train on tho railroad and made for tho direction of the sound, and by breakfast time she was safely at her destination."Price of lire fin Now York. Tho New York Tribune of tho 13th re. marks : The prico of beef cattle has now reached a point that must either have the effect to pro-duce a greater supply or the inhabitants of cities must lessen tho consumption of meat. We have chronicled during tho last six months many most extraordinary sales of bullocks in our regular reports of the cattle market, nnd noted days when all the cattle iu market sold at prices such as the oldest butchers in tho city never had before dreamed of, and certainly no one supposed would be equaled again. In this all were mistaken. Two thousand head of bullocks sold yesterday at Bull's Head at higher prices for the moat, taking into account the quality and the fact that hides and fat are one and a half cent a pound lower than last spring, than beef was ever sold for in August in the city of Now Yoik, if not in fact higher than beef of the same quality was ever sold in America at any season of tho year. Whole drovc3 of Ohio steers, right from tho grass, in just fair con dilion to commence feeding to make stall-fed beef, sold at prices equivalent to twelve and a half cents a pound for beef, while hundreds of tho best cattlo offered, none of which were extraordinary, sold at thirteen and fourteen cents a pound for tho beef. What are we coining to ? From tho Xcw York Correspondence of the Philadelphia Ledger. Curious Ciossip. Somo envious gossip about tho widow of "(ho late" Robert Scitylcr, the famous railroad financier, is current, in letters from Saratoga. Mrs. Rcuyler, (formerly Mrs. Spicer.) it seems is erecting a magnificent castellated coltngo about half a niilo from the I.nko House, cost ing, I can't say how many thousand dollars. Tho question is where did tbe money come from. Again. A very mysterious looking build ing has been orccted noar by tho castellated cottage, with which it is said to have a sub terranean communication. It is a littlo stono building with windows high up. The work men shake their heads, and give out that pco-plo who bcliovo that Robert Scuyler is de?d arc very credulous nnd very green, and more than intimate that tho mysterious out-house in question, though nominally a chapel, has been built for his especial accommodation. How He Lost Ills Hair. A Norfolk paper tells tho following story : Uri Osgood and Jonathan Aiken wero on opposito sides of politics last full, in Grundy county, and tho fight between thorn thoy were running for Congress grew warm and desperate Ono day when they mot on the stump, Uri, whoso head was bald, and should therefore havo been coolor, in tho midst of his indignation turned upon Jonathan and said : " I think, sir, yon havo but ono idea in your ncau, and tnat is a very small one ; ir it should swell it would burst it." Whcro.it Jonathan grew red in tho faco, and looking for a moment at tho bare and venerable head ofhis opponent, asked if ho should say what ho thought of him ? 'Say on," said Uri. "Well, I think you havn't one in your head and nover had ; there's boon ono scratching around on tho oulsido trying to get in, till it has scratched all tho hair off, but it's never got in and never will." Uri was silont Itommiilc iUiuiluiic and ii End. ' Young ladies of a romantic turn of mind may derivo wholcsomo oxperienco of tho mis-cry which awaits ill-assortud marriages from a caso now before the Paris tribunals, in which a Madnmo Chagro seeks to bo divorcod from hor husband, Monsiour Chnbro, ofi'a Lightning. Tho lady, it appears, is the daughter of a noblo Belgian family, and was some yoars ago possessed of beauty, youth, and 7,200 sterling. It happened that, wliilo visiting the famous circus of M. Dijeiu, at Brussels, sho fell dosperalely in love with tho clown of his establishment, surname! Lightning, probably from tho marvelous mannor in which he biased away. She followod the intorostina- ob ject of ber passion to Paris, where she end Lightning were united in the holy bonds of matrimony, cut tbe ungrateful clown, alter spending the property brought to him by his romantic wife, deserted tbe latter, and flash, ed away with a young lady connected with Franconi's, whose talents in jumping through paper hoops captivated his practical mind. (T A novel suit is about to be instituted against an eminent physician up town. He prescribed the use of ale and beer for a patient who is now going to sue him formal(t)trcat-mcnL Evi- deuce. The French murdercuso at Toledo is somewhat interesting on account of the circumstantial evidence which has tended to fasten guilt on Bordcnu. It appears that Bordoau hud a " hoeing boo," at which his French neighbors were present. After the hoeing was over, all assembled in tho house at night and had a frolic. During the evening Hordeau's house-keeper (mistress) romped with Jubell, and every time she threw him down took the penalty of a kiss. Boideau did not like this; but Jubell gave him an insulting retort, and the woman said it was nono of liordeau's business. To prevent trouble, Jubell wan coaxed home, but before he left BorJc.au said he should never kiss another woman. After Jubell had returned to his house, as he was sitting with his wife and a friend about midnight, he was shot through the window by some person without, and the assassin made his escape in tho darkness. Tho next morning broad shoc-tracki wore found beneath tho window through which the fatal charge bad been fired. These shoe prints had been traced down the hill into low ground, thence along a creek, and through a heavy mold of a cornfield, to within a short distance of Bordeau's house. Bordeau's shoes fitted these tracks in every particular. In Bordeau's house was found a double-barreled gun : one barrel was empty, and had evidently been re cently discharged ; the other barrel was loaded, the wadding consisting of a common kind of yellow wrapping-paper. In Bordeau's shBt-pouch was more of the same kind of pa per, aud the point of this story about tho wadding is, that on opening tho shirt of tho deceased to examine his wounds, tho physician wno had been called discovered several small pieces of paper wadding corresponding to that in the ahut-pouch and the loaded gun barrel abovo mentioned. Bordcau was bound over for trial. (loy. Chuie of Ohio. Wo have already announced in our nancr the ro-nominalion of this gentleman as a candidate for Governor of tlu noble State of Ohio. Tho nomination is reported to have been made by acclamation, with shouts of rejoicing and pealing of cannon. Salmon P. Chase is truly a great man a statesman, and a man of cor rect, we believe spotless, moral character. Ho has confessedly niado a fearless, honest, and able executive, done the State service nnd himself credit and honor as chief magistrate. Such are tho men who should be chosen to high positions. Those whose lives arc stained by private immoralities, by drunkcnno.w and debauchery, cannot bo trusted with public alKiirs ; those incompetent never should be ; mere groveling, mousing politicians are also untrustworthy. by do wo (of all parties'i so foolishly nnd frequently placo weak, frail, bad men, neither mentally nor morally self-guarded, in positions where temptations are ten-lold greater than in private lire I lulu wo would not think of hiring a dishonest, drnnken, debauched, or incompetent clerk, we lightly nnd carelessly muko such men our legislators, congressmen and governors. It is a testimony of the intelligence of tho people of Uhio that such men as Uovei nor Uusj, although charged with tho ciimo of hating slavory most intensely, are nominated with acclamations and rejoicings. When such men govern, tho people may dwell in peace. Pittsburgh Diepakh. OiT The Albany Atlas ohJ Argus of tho 11th inst, says : Professor Marion went un in his balloon from Troy on Saturday last. He was accom panied by a Mrs. Palmer, nnd the ascension was mado front a point somo two hundred feet from tho North Baptist Church. The balloon came in contact with the spire of the church, with a blow similar to that of a vessel surging at a high rato of speed against a dock 1 ho concussion was terriblo. Tho Profesa.r. who had anticipated tho shock, braced him self in tho car, and anxiouMy awaited the re suit. After swr.;, ins to nnd fro an instant. the Li'iioon caught, apparently, in a bolt connecting the rod with the spiro nnd tore, with a sound which wa distinctly hoard from tho earth. The rent was between ten and twclvo feet in length, leaving a monstrous aperture, through which tho gis rushed liko tho wind. Notwithstanding this accident, the hlght of a thousand feet was reached before tho balloon "gnvo out." Tho descent was somewhat per ilo'is, but "dry land" was reached at last on ' the dock hot ween I.illie's foundery and the j Olympus Mills, within twenty feet of tho n a-' ter. ! The American Imotsvs iu England The following meagor particulars of the great race lor tho Uuouwood Uup our corrcs- pondent nt Halifax gathers irom the Liverpool I papers. Nono of tho accounts at hand givo i tne tune 01 any 01 the horses. Tho i'ronch horso "Monarq'uo" won the race. The Knc;- lish horso "iiiselicr" is placed second, and "Fisherman" third. "Ounlioat" slipped and fell, and " Kestrel " and " Gemma di Vergy " also fell heavily. "Monarque" won by a head, and "Riseber" boat "Fisherman'' by about three lengths. "Anton" was placed fourth, and was three lengths behind "Fisherman." Tho American horses, "Pryor" and "Pryor-oss," wero placed fifth aiid sixth, and "the English horso "Melissa" seventh. All the others pulled up. The finish is said to have been tho most ceiling ever witnessed. The ! Kni'listl I flnOVrt rmiliirlf Ittlt U-ittinnt nccirrnin any renson, that thu American horses woulr! have figured more prominently had thoy been ridden by English jockeys. New York Ex-presi.03 James King, a convict in Sing S ng prison, escaped from that institution by a novel expedient, on S.ilurday afternoon. - It is supposed that he fastened two empty casks together and moored them near tho shore of tho river llavin previously stolen a pair of: pants and a white shirt from a bars unload ing stono at the prison, ho launched his float, induced a companion to cover him with a barrow load of shavings, and then floated down the tide. People saw an object of that sort on tho wator, but did not suspect tho sly rogue under the shavings, and he passed on beyond the reach of the koepers and guards. He was missed from the cooper's shop at three o'clock, but search was unavailing, lio bad been sent from Poughkcpsio for burglary, and bad sorved out two-thirds or more of his sentence. The Great Eastern. ' The sgeots of this vesse) are now negotiating for threo voyagos across the Atlantio. In. stead of one. This will enablo return tickets to be issued in America ; and if the ship pays, we may yet see her permanently on tbe Portland station. Upwards; of six thousand tick-ots have already been issued. Says the Stat of Maine : "It is oqr deliberate judgment that mo ureal jastem win cootiuua to run to America instead of Australia, aod be tnorely a pioneer ship of the European and North American four days' line of ocean steamon." ! Siueuliir Citae of CircumxtitDtial Thai Blessed Ho bus Ilurdell Baby at Barnnm'a. . The baby that Mrs. Cunningham clasped to) her bosom tho other day, and called "deaf Harvey's," and in behalf of which she appealed to tho office's not to tako away her own sweet legal born offspring, is oh exhibition at Damum's Museum ; but evon New Yorkers seem to have sickened of tho miserable fares, aud tho appearance of the baby and iU poor feeble, nervous mother, has not excited a furore. Hero is tho advertisement of ths thing: Babkcm's AMttntCAS Mosedm. "Tho bogus Burdell baby " is now to be seen at this Museum, having just arrived from Bollevue Hospital, and with its real mother, Mrs. An dcrson, been placed at this establishment to gratify, for a few days only, tho public curiosity. This is the genuine borrowed baby which was the valuable instrument, through District Attorney A. Oakoy Hall, Esq., and Dr. Uhl, of exposing the stupendous Bond street fraud, and which was pronounced by Mrs. Cunningham to havo tho " exact nose and chin" of tho late Dr. Bordjll. The em broidorcd baby's dress provided by Mrs. Cull ningham is also at tho Museum, together with a correct photographic likeness, by Meade Brothers, ol Mrs. Cunningham, alias Mrs. Burdell. The whole may be seen on the first floor of the Museum every day and evening, at all the usual hours of exhibition. No extra charge for admission to the Museum, notwithstanding this additional attraction, Tho New York JJerald says : Mrs. Anderson is a woman about 35 years of age, but looks older, and ha ovidently experienced much suffering and sorrow. She had all the nervousness nnd agitation consequent upon a first appearance " in publio on the stage," but went through her trying rol quite as successfully as most debutantes. Sh still looked weak and sickly from her recent cunlinement, and if sho manages to lire thro' tho excitement, the questioning and exposure to which she is subjected, it will prove her to be a woman of remarkable constitution. It would be a trying ordifal for a perfectly healthy woman to sit from 10 A. M. to 10' P. M., and be inspected and questioned continually by every ignorant and curious visitor j bat it seems positively cruel to subject this poor woman to this treatment. Sho has no relatives to counsel her, and it seems like taking advan-tagd of her poverty and inexperience. Divorce in Piusslu. In the course of tho debates on the law f divorce, during this session, tho following suits of tho working of the existing law were cited from out of tho recent experience of Prussia as evidence of its demoralizing effects: due instance was alluded to of a gentleman, making up a rubber of whist at a watering place, consisting of himself, his actual wife and tho two wives he had previously been divorced from. A farmer, getting tired of hia wife, nn exemplary, modest woman bribes one ofhis farm-servants to seduce his wife into adultery a crime attended with no punishment to the unmarried party. The crime having been consumnmlcd, ho petitions for a divorce on that ground and obtains it. He then marries another woman, who, sometime after, detecting him in illioit intercourse with . one of his female servants, procures her own divorce from hint ; on which ho proceeds tet marry, for the third time, tho person with whom he had on this occasion committed adultery. A man of property whp had fallen ia : lovo with tho wife of his physician, who wa poor, prevailed on tho latter, by the offer of twenty thousand thalers, to "get divorced from his w f;, soih it as soon rs this doddle e flee tod, he might many tho wife so divorced . wnicti ne did. I wo married couples who had no children, and no prospect of having any.' came to tho conclusion that the unfruitfulneM.' of their connubial life might possibly be rem-' edied if they were otherwise mated. They accordingly all got divorced, and ouch maa married the other's wile. ASOTHER ASD TlIK I.AST ReVOI.CTTOSABT Sot.WEit op GniiENnniKit Go.nk Archibald Campbell, ngod ono hundred and one years, an active participant in the Revolutionary War, died in this county on Monday, July 20, 1807. We believe t'lat we hnvo now in Greenbrier no witness of those eventful times that tried men's souls to relate the many hardships of that memorable pcrioil. With Archibald Campbell the list of the noblo Romans of '76, residents of Greenbrier Cni.nfy, have parsed away. Nono now are left to tell tho tale of our early strugglo for liberty. Let us kindly cncrisu inoir memory. iswMurg (Mroinio) , 1 UHryMlcw. I lr-7- tirasshoppem are said to exist in sreet .""-' viFinuy 01 i.civiaere, aew . j Jewy. Whole fields are mado ns desolate of j herbage as if they hid nnde rgono a recent plowing. Young clover, particularly, seotn ,rt ,J0 a favorite lood, and when hard pressed they devour mullcn and alders, stripping theut A L.nr,B Hav-hkld. Mr. Gulhrfc.of Clif. Cago, Illinois, has one Held of eight hundred and fifty acres of hay, inclosed with good pint board and cedar post fence. Ho is cutting from other fields at least ono thousand nerve I""!''"! ta& expects to cut and pros this year five thousand tuns of ha v. (Kr"Doyou think yon aro fit to diet" asked a mother of her neglected child.' ", "I dou't know," said tho littlo girl takinj ' hold of her dirty dress with hor dirty linger ' and inspecting it "I guess so, if I ain't to dirty !" ; ' 0iT"Pa, has dogs got wings?"' liilil ! Don't you know hotter than thai ? "Why, pa, a boy says in this paper that ft big dog ktw at him and hit Litn. So I guce dogs havo got wings too." OSrAn Irish lady who saw with astonishment for the first time in her li e, a iw day Since a stcambott. exclaimed, "Holy St Pat- , rck save us ; tbo crayther swims Just liko sv llh!" OCT A far -sooing tootof allur being askod tl moaninj ol tbe word syutax, wittily replied: " Sin-tax wU now, lot me seegut thai is tbe tax oq has to pay for tho sin ot'gptting-drunk." ... , -. ,...-.! OCT Mike Vlli V Domocrstio Scmtor from New Ycrlt. says thak corner muru ' art tbe nurseries of Democratic sentiment." ' mm ougbt to know, - ,--.. (KrAeirou rider in Mobile blely tSrw . montyooesumroersetsinsuwwrsioi. Wh. i a cap tol " Demrrat ke'd niako ! try He tbat blows the eoals in nnamla V. has nothinjr to do -with, has no rk? ht 1.. plain if tht sparks fly in his fcee. .: j ? t I ' J h ' i ; J 5 . 7 ir i'i'-' i 6 v ' m I IVw- i: II..'. I!' 1 Ifi' hi - ;i 1 7TYO